Cigar-tip cutter



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T R A H E N I R C U L s d o M m CIGAR TIP CUTTER.

No. 558,611. Patented Apr. 21, 1896:

ANDREW EGRAHAM. PHOTO-LITNQWASHI NGTON. D C

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I. G. O. RINEHART.

CIGAR TIP CUTTER.

No. 558,611. Patented Apr. 21, 1896.

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IRA O. O. RINEI'IART, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID EVANS, OFPOLK COUNTY, IOYVA.

CIGAR-TIP CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,611, dated April21, 1896. Application filed November 14, 1893. Serial No. 490,967. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, IRA O. O. RINEHART, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Tip Gutters,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the cigantip cutter for which United StatesLetters Patent were IO issued tome August 15, 1893, No. 503,496; and myobject is to simplify the construction, reduce the cost, and improve theoperation and efficiency of the complete device.

In place of the gearing heretofore used to impart intermittent motion toa rotary cutter having a series of fixed blades that operatesuccessively,l substitute a single vibrating blade and automaticmechanism, adapted to actuate the blade whenever the end of a elgar isplaced in an opening in the case, as required, to be cutoff within theease in which the operative mechanism is concealed.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof a blade, an escapement composed of a ratchet-wheel andspring-actuated levers with a spring-actuated shaft in a case, having anopening in its base for removing matter therefrom, as hereinafter setforth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showin g therelative positions of the cutting-blade and escapeinent mechanism at oneend of the case and in their normal positions. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe case, showing a portion broken away and also parts of the springthat actuates the main shaft and operative de vices connected therewithand located at the other closed end of the case. Fig. 3 is a top viewshowing the case broken away to disclose the operative mechanism. Fig. fis a view corresponding with Fig. 1 and shows the vibratingcutting-blade and the spring-actuated levers of the escape mechanism inthe position they occupy relative to each other, the ratchet-wheel, andthe opening in the top of the ease through which the ends of the cigarsare introduced, when the cutting motion of the blade has been completedand the said operative parts are in abnormal positions. Fig. 5 is a viewcorresponding with Fig. 1, showing the positions of the levers asrequired when the spring-actuated shaft to which the ratchet wheel isfixed is rotated to store 5 5 power in the spring. Fig. 6 is a viewlooking inward from the line a". a: in Fig. 2, showing the differentparts of the escapement mechanism in their normal positions and ready tobe actuated by pressing the end of a cigar upon the trip device that ispartially uncovered bythe opening through which a cigar end must beintroduced, as indicated by dotted lines at the top of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 isa top view showing three openings that are graduated in size and adaptedto admit the tip ends of cigars and allow them to come in contact withthe trip device. Fig. 8 is a view showing the cutting-blade in aninverted position and the frame to which it is fixed. Fig. 9 is a viewof the trip device frame. Fig. 10 is a view of the bottom of the base,showing an opening for the removal of matter therethrough and a pivotedcover for the opening.

lhe letter A designates a cylindrical case closed at its ends andprovided with a hollow base A It is preferably made of sheet metal andthe bottom of the base closed and pro vided with a covered opening, asshown in Fig. 3. I

B is a spring-actuated shaft in bearings formed in the center of theends of the case, and B is a spring coiled within the case and the innerend fixed to the shaft and its outer end to the case in such a mannerthat when 8 5 .the shaft is rotated, by means of a key, power will bestored in the spring, as required, to operate the cutting-blade wheneverdesired.

O is a ratchet-wheel fixed to the end portion of the shaft B. C is acurved lever pivoted 0 at the point a to the fixed end of the case A. Ithas a cam projection C 011 its inside or concave edge, that engages theratchet-teeth, as required, to retain the shaft stationary and across-head C at the top end adapted in 5 shape to engage a movable tripdevice fitted thereto and adapted to retain the lever C stationary.

O (shown in Fig. 9) is a frame adapted to carry the trip device fittedthereto and I00 adapted to retain the lever C stationary. A trip deviceC is pivotally connected with the top portion of said frame in such amanner that said trip device interlocks with the crosshead 0' at the topof the lever 0 as shown in Fig. 1, and has an independent vibratorymotion relative to the vibrating frame C upon which it is carried.

cl and d are journals that enter hearings in the blade-carrying frame,that are in concentric position with the journals a a, so that the frame0 is thereby pivoted within the blade-carrying frame, as shown in Figs.1, 2, at, 5, and 6.

d is a pin projecting from the corner of the frame 0 and enters thebifurcated top end of the trip device 0, as clearlyshown in Fig. 6, insuch a manner that the said trip device carried by the frame C can moveupon its own pivot, as required, to be engaged and disengaged with thecross-head (h at the top of the lever C D (shown in Fig. 8) is a frameadapted to carry the cutting-blade D fixed to the frame to projecttherefrom, as shown in Figs. 1, 4c, and 5, in such a manner that thecuttingblade will traverse the space immediately under the openings inthe case, through which the tip ends of cigars are introduced to be cutoff by the blade.

The frame D, carrying the blade D has journals a and a, that enterbearings in the end of the case A and a parallel partition D fixed inthe case, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in such a manner that the frame canvibrate, as required, to actuate the cutting-blade thereby.

D is an arm projecting from the frame D, and D is a link pivoted to theend of the arm and provided with a shoulder 1), adapted to be engaged bythe teeth of the ratchet-wheel C, as shown in Fig. 1. b is anelbow-shaped slot in the pawl through which a pin 1) is extended intothe end of the case to pivotally connect the lower end of the link withthe case A, in such a manner that the link will have longitudinal andalso vibratory motion, and when the ratchet-wheel rotates forward itwill pull down on the link and thereby vibrate the frame D, carrying theblade D and actuate the blade as required to cut off the end of a cigarand to assume a position as shown in Fig. 4.

No. 1 is a coil-spring connected with the frame D and the pivot of thelever C in such a manner that it will reverse the motion of the frame Dand blade D and return them to their normal positions, as shown in Fig.1, when the link D is disengaged from the ratchet-wheel C.

G is an arm extending from the frame 0 and No. 2 is a coil-springattached thereto and to the end of the case A in such a manner that itwill reverse the motion of the frame 0 and return the trip device C toits normal position and in engagement with the cross'head O at the topend of the lever 0 f is a lever pivoted to the end of the case A in sucha manner that its lower bent end willbe in contact with the lower endand edge of the link D.

f is a bar pivoted to the top end of the lever f, and is bifurcated atits free end to admit a pin C projecting from the end of the arm 0 ofthe frame 0 in such a manner that when the shaft B is rotated to wind upthe spring D the teeth of the ratchet-wheel G will, by means of the hookD press the lower end of the lever f, so that the barf will retain theframe C in its abnormal position, and the trip device Cflcarriedthereby,disengaged from the cross-head O at the top of the curved leverC and the projection O on the concave edge of that lever disengaged fromthe ratchetwheel 0, as required, to allow the shaft B and ratchet'wheelC to be rotated backward.

It is obvious that the curved lever C must be returned to its normalposition before the trip device 0 will engage the cross-head C to retainthe projection C in engagement with the ratchetwheel C. To accomplishthis purpose, the lower end of the curved lever 0 extends within theorbit of the points of the teeth of the ratchet-wheel C, so that theforward motion of a tooth will actuate the lever C as required to returnthe lever to its normal position.

g is a fiat surface, about one-sixteenth of an inch in length on theinwardly-curved lower end of the lever C and g is a projection at thecorner of the blade-carrying frame D. The function of the flat surface gis to allow the point of each tooth of the ratchetwheel 0 to regulatethe return motion of the lever C relative to the frame D, having theprojection g.

It is obvious that when the end of a cigar is pressed and held againstthe trip device C the said trip device will be moved and therebyretained in its abnormal position, as shown in Fig. 5, and thatconsequently the motion of the lever C must be detained until the bladeD has cut off the end of the cigar and the frame having the projection ghas performed about half of its backward motion, as required to passbelow the cross-head C at the top of the lever.

It is also obvious that after the lower end of the lever is disengagedfrom the tooth of a ratchet-wheel it would by force of gravity resume anabnormal position, so that the trip device 0 could not engage it, andthat therefore the projection g on the frame D will come in contact withthe end of the crosshead 0 as indicated by dotted lines in Fig.

4, and retain the lever in its normal position until the blade has cutoff the end of the cigar and the pressure upon the trip device isrelaxed, as required to allow the spring No.

2 to restore the trip device to its normal position simultaneously withthe action of the spring No. 1, that returns the frame D and blade D totheir normal positions.

II, I1 and H are circular openings in the top of the case to admit theends of cigars. They vary in diameter as required to suit the ends ofcigars of different size.

J is an opening in the bottom of the base, adapted to allow the endpieces of cigars to be removed therefrom. K is a cover pivoted to thebottom of the case'and adapted to close the opening J, as required toretain pieces of cigars in the base as long as desired.

From the foregoing description of the construction and function of eachelement and subcombination of the complete device the practicaloperation and utility of my com plete invention is obvious andrepetition of the cooperative actions of the different parts is deem edunnecessar I claim as my invention 1. In a cigar-tip cutter, a casehaving an opening to admit a cigar, a frame carrying a cutting-blade andpivoted in the case to vibrate back and forth across the opening in thecase, means for vibrating said frame, a frame carrying a trip device, alever pivoted in the case and adapted to interlock with said trip deviceand arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for thepurposes stated.

2. The case A having a base A the vibrating frame D having an arm D andcarrying a cutting-blade I), the vibrating frame 0 carrying a tripdevice 0 springs 1 and 2, and the lever 0 having a projection C and across-head G adapted to interlock with the said trip device, and meansfor actuating the said frame and lever in the manner set forth, for thepurposes stated.

The case A having an opening to admit the end of a cigar, the vibratingframe D carrying the blade D and provided With an arm D", the vibratingframe 0 carrying the trip device C, the lever C having a projection 0and a cross-head C the springs 1 and 2, and means for actuating theframe D, arranged and combined tov operate in the man- 'ner set forthfor the purposes stated.

4. In a cigar-tip cutter, a case having an opening to admit the end of acigar, a vibratin g frame carrying a cutting-blade, a vibrating framecarrying a trip device, a lever having a cross-head to engage the tripdevice and provided with a cam to engage the teeth of a ratchetwvhecl, aspring-actuated shaft having a fixed ratchet-wheel, and means fortransmitting motion from the ratchet-wheel to the frame carrying thecutter, as required, to cut off the end of a cigar, means for reversingthe motion of the frame carrying the cutting-blade, and means forreversing the motion of the frame carrying the trip device,

arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for thepurposes stated.

5. In a cigar-tip cutter, having an opening to admit the end of a cigar,the spring-actuated shaft B having a fixed ratchet-wheel C, the lever Chaying a cam 0 and a crosshead 0, the frame D carrying the blade D andhaving an arm D, the frame C carrying a trip device C and provided withan arm 0 the link. DP having a shoulder 19 and an elbow shaped slot Z),and pin 1), means for pressing the lower end of the link toward theratchet- Wheel C, and the springs 1 and 2, arranged and combined tooperate in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

6. The link D having a shoulder 19 and an elbow-shaped slot Z) and pinZ), in combination with the frame D carrying the blade D and theratchet-Wheel O on the spring-actuated shaft 13 and means for lockingand unlocking said shaft and ratchct-wheel, arranged and combined in acigar-tip cutter, to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposesstated.

7. In a cigar-tip cutter, the combination of the lever f, the bar f, thepivoted frame D carrying a cutter, the vibrating frame C having an arm Cthe link D the spring 3, and the ratchet-wheel C on the spring-actuatedshaft B, and means for locking and unlocking said ratchet-Wheel andshaft, to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

8. The frame D carrying the cutting-blade D and having the projection g,in combina tion with the lever 0 having a flat surface g and across-head G a ratchet -wheel on a spring-actuated shaft and a vibratingtrip de vice adapted to interlock with the said crosshead, means foroperating the trip device, and means for locking and unlocking theratchetwheel for the purposes stated;

9. A cigar-tip cutter comprisin g a case hav ing an opening to admit theend of a cigar, a spring-actuated shaft journaled in the case, aratchet-wheel fixed to the shaft, a curved lever having a cross-head atits top, pivoted in the case and provided with a projection on itsconcave edge and a flat surface at its end said end being adapted toengage the ratchetwheel, a frame pivoted in the case and a trip deviceconnected therewith and adapted to engage the cross-head of the lever toretain the lever stationary, a frame pivoted in the case and carrying acutting-blade and provided with an arm, a link pivoted to the arm andprovided with a shoulder to engage the ratchet-wheel, coil-sprin gsconnected with the two pivoted frames to reverse their motions, andmeans for retaining the link in contact with the ratchet-wheel, allarranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth.

10. The cigar-tip cutter comprising the case A having a base B andopenings II, II and ISO the leverf and the barf, and the springs 1, 1o2, and 3, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth forthe purposes stated.

IRA O. O. RINEHART.

\Vitnesses:

O. G. HAMURBAK, THOMAS G. ORWIG.

